That should become the state mantra: "It's not our fault!"
Nah, it wasn't the Levee Commission who spent so little time on levees. Or corrupt contractors.
No, it was the FEDS! It's always the fault of the FEDS!
I am quite aware of the problems with the levees. I've studied this matter in great detail.
First, the city did not flood due to Katrina.
Oh, puh-leeze. Katrina is what CAUSED THE SURGE. You had a single line of levees. All it took was a couple points where there was bad design or construction. And without redundancy, the next hurricane will find weaknesses as well.
Your city is below sea level in hurricane country. It's absurd to redevelop most of it. I'm in favor of using federal tax dollars to mitigate this reality. I'm not in favor of using federal tax dollars to set up the bowling pins again.
Nonetheless, this is the situation we are in. How do you propose to solve the problem?
Sorry, I'm just an idiot. So I won't bother commenting further, even though I'm willing to spend extra money to fix things once in your state and fix them right.
However, the levees were designed and built by the feds. The levees failed due to a defect in design. Hence, the breach in the levees is the feds' fault. Ergo, the feds should pay for the damages caused by the breach in the levees. And it should be done correctly, not Dubya's solution of throw money at the problem and then stop discussing it.